• W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. 

    To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. 

    To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

    Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, #2)

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      I mean, yeah if I could only choose between the two. The raccoon at least has a chance of coincidentally leading us to success

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        Con: The nationwide garbage can raiding crisis has spiraled out of control.

        Pro: The Iran war ended on day one.

        Con: ICE is now systematically and indiscriminately abducting and deporting dogs.

        Pro: Diplomatic relations with Canada have improved measurably.

        Con: The entire future of private healthcare now hinges on whether insurance companies contain food.

        Pro: Insurance companies do not contain food.

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      A raccoon already holds my mortgage, so yes. I frequently shop at his twins’ shop as well.

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        That’s not a mortgage, he just gave you a house for free, and if you want an upgrade, you gotta pay for the house you already got, with no interest, no schedule, no assessments, no nagging.

        Honestly, I have no idea where Tom Nook earned this reputation. If housing was run by him in real life, shit would be so much nicer.

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          Well sort of. He gives you a tent to start in the latest game. Once that’s paid off I guess you get zero interest HELOC renovations.